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Levant: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria; Lublin Triangle: Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine (Union of Lublin created the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) Lusofonia: an international organization representing countries and regions where Portuguese is a lingua franca or customary language
Lebanon was placed under French rule as a mandate following the fall of the Ottoman Empire, whereas Palestine was put under the authority of the British government. During the founding of the State of Israel (frequently called the Nakba ), numerous Palestinians who had been displaced sought safety in Lebanon, [ 1 ] resulting in strengthened ...
Palestine remains almost entirely dependent on foreign aid. Collectively, Palestine had a per capita GDP of $4,300 in 2014. [55] Since 2010, Palestinian reform have seen economic boom in West Bank and quite in Gaza Strip. The recent years saw a large-scale development of shopping malls, luxury hotels, technology parks and industrial zones. [56]
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – MERCOSUR (Open for discussions in May 2005) Chile is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs: Guatemala; India [112] Nicaragua; People's Republic of China is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
Both countries say recognising a Palestinian state must be the result of negotiations rather than unilateral declarations, and other major European countries like France and Britain also declined ...
The name Levant States was used to refer to the French mandate over Syria and Lebanon after World War I. [3] [2] This is probably the reason why the term Levant has come to be used more specifically to refer to modern Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and the island of Cyprus. [3]
But the protests continued, reaching fever pitch in 1933, as more Jewish immigrants arrived to make a home for themselves, the influx accelerating from 4,000 in 1931 to 62,000 in 1935.
Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah group in Lebanon have killed more than 1,000 people and wounded 6,000 in the past two weeks, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Around a million people ...